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Traded a 3rd and a 5th to get Howell, a 4th, and 6th.
ETA: A trade down from 16 is more and more and now more likely. Need LBs and IOL and DL.
MackStrongIsMyHero wrote:https://www.fieldgulls.com/2024/3/14/24101167/trade-seattle-seahawks-acquire-sam-howell-from-washington-commanders
Traded a 3rd and a 5th to get Howell, a 4th, and 6th.
ETA: A trade down from 16 is more and more and now more likely. Need LBs and IOL and DL.
NorthHawk wrote:He might be one of those QBs that JS liked coming out of College but didn't get the chance to draft. I agree that it's more of a sign he expects to trade down.
I'm interested in what type of OL the coaches want. Grubb said he wants maulers up front, but the team let Damien Lewis go at about 325 lbs and signed Nick Harris at about 295 lbs. On the other side we have Bradford at around 330 lbs.
Maybe they see Harris as an inexpensive backup and they intend to draft a mauling OG which there might be more than a few available up until maybe the 5th round. From a $ perspective Lewis signed for about $13.250 M/year and Harris is costing about $2.5M for this year and that $11 Million could help for next year's expected tight Cap if not more FA's this year.
Howell got off to a strong start, but after Week 10 when he threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns against the Seahawks, he hit a wall and struggled the rest of the way. He threw four touchdowns compared to 12 interceptions in his final six games of the 2023 season.
Oly wrote:Washington is, and has been, a train wreck. The fact that Howell put up decent numbers on that team at least shows he has promise.
So the Hawks gave up positioning on two picks and have a capable backup QB for less than $1M/year. For a cash-strapped team, that's huge. Had the Hawks needed to spend more money at backup QB, they may not have been able to afford Dodson (just speculating).
I'm not expecting Howell to be great, but I think he has more promise that Lock and at less money. I think this is a savvy move.
NorthHawk wrote:I'm not much concerned about his interceptions. Young QBs often have difficulties their first couple of years. Payton Manning set a record for interceptions his rookie year and although Howell has been in the NFL for 2 years, he only started 1 game his rookie year.
The Seahawks have their backup at a cheap rate for 2 years, and he might become a better QB in a system that gives him more time and what might be a better fit for his skill set, so moving down a number of spots isn't the end of the world and really with 2 3rd round picks, it makes it easier to move one of them down to the next round along with the 4th to 5th. Same number of picks spread out more.
RiverDog wrote:Evan Brown wasn't the solution to our center problems,
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